North Carolina · Census place 3744100
Montreat, North Carolina
Montreat is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,044 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 330th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,044
- #330 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +1.2%
- +12 people
- Land area
- 2.7 sq mi
- Density
- 382 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Montreat population, 2020 to 2024
Montreat added 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -4.
Montreat covers 2.73 square miles of land, for 382 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Montreat is less dense than the typical town.
What county Montreat is in
All of Montreat's residents live in Buncombe County, which had 279,210 residents in 2024. Montreat holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Montreat
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Montreat by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28757. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Montreat is
The Census internal point of Montreat is at 35.648000, -82.299200. Raleigh, the capital, is 205.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Black Mountain, NC (8,572 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 88.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.648000, -82.299200
- DMS
- 35°38'52.80"N 82°17'57.12"W
- UTM
- 17N 382384.8E 3945684.9N
- Geohash
- dnm6z1x89
- Plus code
- 867VJPX2+68
Daylight in Montreat
At 35.65° N, Montreat gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Montreat
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Black Mountain, 2.7 miles away, with 8,572 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Montreat, NC?
1,044 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 12 (1.2%) from 1,032 in July 2020.
What county is Montreat in?
Buncombe County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Montreat?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28757.
How far is Montreat from Raleigh?
205.5 miles (330.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Montreat.
What is the nearest larger city to Montreat?
Black Mountain, NC, with 8,572 residents, 2.7 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.